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Town of Smithfield Zoning Ordinance
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§ 5.8

Planned Corporate District

5.8 PLANNED CORPORATE DISTRICT

  • 5.8.1 Purpose All applications for development within the Planned Corporate District shall require Planning Board approval. This district is established to provide an area for planned employment uses, including planned office, as well as research and development parks, light industrial development, corporate headquarters, hotel/conference facilities, and related accessory uses to create a coordinated development approach along major corridors designated for non-residential growth in the Comprehensive Plan. These regulations are intended to encourage compatible uses to create a corporate development environment. A coordinated design approach, with an emphasis on aesthetics and sufficient accessory uses to foster self-contained corporate parks is also encouraged.

  • 5.8.2 Planned Park Application Requirements

    • A. Any person may submit to the Planning Board an application for approval of a Planned Park containing more than ten (10) acres in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

    • B. The application shall incorporate the applicable requirements of the Smithfield Land Development and Subdivision Review Regulations and include a site plan for submittal to the Planning Board which meets the requirements of §10.9 of this Ordinance.

    • C. Conceptual architectural plans shall also be submitted for approval by the Planning Board, based on the standards set forth by §5.8.3(C) of this Ordinance.

    • D. The Planning Board shall approve or deny such application based on the criteria in §5.8.2(e) below after conducting a Public Hearing thereon in accordance with the procedure set out in Section III, Article H of the Smithfield Land Development and Subdivision Review Regulations. The Planning Board, where necessary, based upon findings of fact, to preserve the public health, safety, and welfare, may impose further restrictions upon the application, as a condition to granting approval hereunder.

    • E. The Planning Board shall approve a Planned Park if it finds after such Hearing that:

      • (1) The Plan promotes the more efficient use of the land by providing less intensive uses along street frontages, as well as fulfills the purposes and intent of this Section.

      • (2) The building lots shown thereon comply with the dimensional requirements provided in this Section.

  • 5.8.3 Supplemental Performance Standards Development under this district shall meet all use regulations and the “Performance Standards” in §6.3 of this Ordinance and be governed by the following:

    • A. No electromagnetic radiation or radioactive emission injurious to human beings, animals or vegetation, or to any intensity that interferes with the lawful use of any other property shall be permitted.

    • B. In addition to the parking standards in this Ordinance, parking is discouraged in front yards, and landscape berming and/or deciduous buffers will be required to screen any front yard parking from the street.

    • C. Applicants for a Planned Park shall submit conceptual architectural plans for all development in the park to include exterior design, signage, and building materials. The conceptual plans shall be subject to approval by the Zoning Official or Planning Board, as applicable, in accordance with the following standards:

      • (1) Relation of Proposed Structures to Environment: Proposed structures shall be adapted to the terrain, the size and shape of the lot, and the character of the adjoining property and existing structures in the immediate vicinity that have a visual relationship to the proposed structures.

      • (2) Compatibility with Surrounding Structures: New structures shall be compatible with the architectural character of surrounding structures in the following ways: a) Proportion, scale, and roof line. b) Architectural style. c) Patterns and proportions of windows. d) Architectural details or features.

      • (3) Building Materials: Building materials shall be compatible with, or complimentary to, neighboring sites and structures. A finished texture, pattern, or a quality of detailing shall be evident for all proposed building materials. The Building Official shall require a certification from the Zoning Official to verify that the proposed architectural elevations for all structures in a Planned Park conform to the approved conceptual architectural plans. Structures to be constructed outside a Planned Park in this district shall also be designed and built with materials that are compatible with other appropriate architecture in the area.

    • D. Consolidated curb cuts for joint access are encouraged, especially along major streets. Access drives and entrances shall be constructed in accordance with the Smithfield Land Development and Subdivision Review Regulations. Waivers to said construction requirements are subject to approval by the Smithfield Planning Board.

    • E. Applicants for any proposed development to be directly accessed by a town street or state highway of a Level of Service (LOS) of “C”, or below, as determined by the Department of Public Works, based on the Highway Capacity Manual, shall be required to submit a traffic study. A capital contribution from the applicant for its pro-rata share of necessary geometric and/or signal improvements shall be a condition of application approval, if required by the Town or State, based on signal warrants or LOS changes as a result of the proposed project.

    • F. Any approved outdoor storage shall be screened with an approved opaque screen architecturally compatible with the principal structure.